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Further to my letter of February 27 advising disgruntled Barclays customers to buy shares and attend the Annual General Meeting to express their feelings about the impending closure of the Spalding branch, shareholders will now know the AGM will be at Glasgow Armadillo centre on May 9 at 11am. Barclays may have expected a spot of bother if held in ...

Rodney’s letters are always interesting and factually correct, and this one highlighting yet another case of ordinary folk forced to pay for corporate greed and mismanagement being no exception.Another ‘little nasty’ slipped in by our caring, sharing government!Energy companies racking up massive profits whilst forcing all of us to pay for the debts left by those unable to pay.These companies ...

Your contributor (Time to sort sewage problems) raises an important issue.The water companies are correct when they refer to the increases in both rainfall events and intensities which are causing ever more wastewater overflows.Increases in global temperatures are driving these events. Having said this, water companies have been slow to react bearing in mind that this has been on the ...

I would like to ask everyone to get on board with Spalding United now.They are doing so well and need your support in the next few weeks, support them now, it will give them the encouragement they so deserve.On Wednesday, April 17 Spalding United are travelling to the LNER Community Stadium in Lincoln to participate in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup ...

I am seeking information on Gwen (Hazel) Fowler, wife of the late Tom Fowler who passed away in 2017/8.He had a long association with the Normandy Veterans and worked for Geest.Anyone who can share information about Gwen, it will be gratefully received by me.I do not know if she is still with us or deceased.I am her eldest son born ...

A new special educational needs school just outside Holbeach has been given the go-ahead by planners. The Three Chestnuts, on Fen Road, is currently operated as a residential care home for six children by Hexagon Care Services.The company applied for change of use planning permission to create an independent SEND (special education needs and/or disabilities) school catering for up to ...

South Holland’s only Parkrun is celebrating its fifth anniversary soon, and it wants to do so in style. Parkruns have proved a huge hit across the country with people able to just sign up and run the organised 5ks on Saturday mornings.There is just one in our area though, held at the Snowden Field in Crowland at 9am every week.To ...

BT has said it has scheduled cleaning work to be carried out on town phone boxes hit by graffiti. Recently at the Spalding Town Forum, district councillor Gary Taylor brought up the condition of the phone boxes in the town in a discussion about graffiti.He highlighted that BT was one of the organisations he’d struggled to get hold of about ...

Three South Holland shops were given temporary closure orders after tip offs by members of the public they were selling illegal cigarettes and vapes, Trading Standards has said. As previously reported, Nasza Biedronka in Sheep Market and Easy Shop in Station Street, Spalding plus Holbeach Market on that town’s High Street have been shut down for three months following court ...

The Holbeach family of murdered Holly Bramley have encouraged any victims of domestic abuse to seek help after her killer was jailed for life today. The 26-year-old was stabbed to death in March last year by her husband Nicholas Metson. Today (Monday April 8), a judge at Lincoln Crown Court sentenced him to a life sentence behind bars. Holly grew ...

The remains of a previously unknown prehistoric henge have been found near Crowland, archaeologists have announced. A group including researchers from Newcastle University and University Sheffield made the discovery while excavating the site of the site of St Guthlac’s Church. They now think the church was built around the existing henge. Newcastle University had previously announced the Roman and Anglo ...

An “evil monster” used a ‘Bag For Life’ to dump some of his murdered wife’s remains after dismembering her body and hiding it in their flat for a week.  Nicholas Metson, 28, faces a life sentence after he admitted the brutal stabbing of his long term partner Holly Bramley, 26. Police launched a murder investigation after dozens of remains belonging ...

Closure orders have been made against three more South Holland shops. Nasza Biedronka in Sheep Market and Easy Shop in Station Street, Spalding plus Holbeach Market on that town’s High Street have been shut down for three months. Lincolnshire Police and Trading Standards have not said why they successfully applied to Lincoln Magistrates Court for the orders that were passed ...

Work to expand the A16 roundabout at the Wardentree Lane Industrial Estate is to start on Monday May 13. And Highways bosses have confirmed the work will be done continuously with the already started construction at the road’s junction near Springfields, less than a mile down the road. It will be the final one of five junctions to be worked ...

A £66m package of help to tackle river pollution in Lincolnshire has been pledged by Anglian Water. The number of sewage spills into rivers around the county has almost doubled in a year.The utilities company was responsible for 31,623 sewage spills in 2023, a 97 per cent increase on 2022, according to the latest figures.The £66m will be ploughed back ...

Lincolnshire Police has published its 2024 plan for South Holland. Tackling issues ‘that really matter to the local community’ is a key pledge in the document.“This plan will allow a focus of going back to basics and prioritising our resources,” said Insp Matt Dickinson.“The examination of police data alongside continued engagement with the public and partners will allow an understanding ...

A South Holland District Council-owned housing company has once again given its profits to charity. Welland Homes made a £128,274 profit which has been shared between Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire, the Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service, Active Lincolnshire and South Holland in Bloom. Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire will receive £88,074, which will be used in its goals to provide free ...

A Spalding special school is appealing for help as it looks to fund a minibus so its pupils can experience even more fantastic adventures. The Tulip Academy looks after SEND (Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities)pupils.“As our school community already knows, we have a mission of ‘Making every Moment Matter’, which means putting our learners first,” a spokesman for the school ...

Time is running out for South Holland residents to add ideas to a heritage strategy for the area. South Holland District Council is working with Heritage Lincolnshire to create a strategy for Spalding.Over the next ten years, the Spalding Heritage Strategy will see groups and funders join forces with the district and county council.A survey online is due to end ...

This week marks 50 years since South Holland District Council was created. It was formed on April 1, 1974 replacing three former districts of East Elloe, Spalding Rural and Spalding Urban.It’s current leader Coun Nick Worth said: “I am delighted the council has been proudly serving residents in the district for 50 years. It is a real milestone in the ...